On Thursday 17 September 2015 00:07:48 Jon Elson wrote: > On 09/16/2015 08:32 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > I also told the missus that I'll break this belt, and the spare I > > bought with it, but then I strip it for the goodies and buy a real > > lathe. Throw money at it IOW. > > > > This BS has not just begun to get old, its turning grey. > > > > The toy mill needs a better Z screw anyway. :) > > Yup, in 2001 I bought a REAL lathe! (3500 Lbs, 15" Sheldon > R15-6, very high-end model). > It took 2 years and one back (mine) to rebuild it.
That is something I can no longer claim. Disks are collapsing & pinching nerves. And that makes for strange pains in places that have no excuse to hurt. > But, it > is a FINE machine, now that I put the effort into it. No doubt. I looked at a couple on fleabay tonight, but they looked like starter kits, too much stuff missing that might take another 2 grand to round up. > SO much better than the Craftsman toy I had before. You > always had to be real careful to not set up a chatter on the > Craftsman, it is practically impossible to have chatter on > the Sheldon. Yes, thats a problem with this one, you are either turning 800 revs and throwing swarf thats visible in low light, or backing down to 100 revs or less to stop the chatter. I started tapping the nut at the back of the spindle about 10 degrees at a time, but by the time I had begun to get it alleviated, the spindle bearings were complaining. So I loosened it a turn, then took a piece of 3/4" 1/8" thick alu angle and slapped the back end with a 16oz hammer to slip the spindle thru the bearings, which reduced the noise. But with a 5/8" rod chucked, and a dial on the back of the spindle, I can't make it move even a .0001" on the dial when it was loose, so the tension is now up to where the bearings are about to complain again. > So, yes, you really owe it to yourself to get decent tools > that are capable of doing the type of work you intend to do. And at my age, thats a balancing act, will I get it tuned up and doing what I want it to do before I fall over? OTOH, it will never get done if I don't start on it. But what about this near problem? Who wrote it? They might have the obvious answer, unforch, nobody has put their names on any of this stuff... Thanks Jon > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------- Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! > Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools in one > place. > SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog > now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor Your Dynamic Infrastructure at Any Scale With Datadog! Get real-time metrics from all of your servers, apps and tools in one place. SourceForge users - Click here to start your Free Trial of Datadog now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=241902991&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
